Today is Saturday, July 11, 2009. We started the day off calmly going about our business. I wore my green scarf as usual. We are currently dealing with blackmail threats I have received through my husband’s sms and our personal e-mails (yes, they have hacked into our e-mail boxes!).
Posts Tagged ‘Shiraz’
7/17/2009 Short Shiraz Update
Posted in First Hand Accounts from Shiraz, tagged police brutality, protesters, Shiraz, Shiraz Update, street on July 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From Shiraz today: During the recent unrests his parent’s house was overrun by protestors running away from the security forces. His parents live in an apartment building where there are other owners. The metal front doors were broken down, as were the windows of some of the apartments, as the guards broke through to get [...]
7/17/09 Shiraz update
Posted in First Hand Accounts from Shiraz, Uncategorized, tagged global movement, police brutality, police intimidation, rage, resistance, Shiraz on July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The silence from Iran is too loud. Until phone call from Iran — my friend has been threatened and is in hiding. Dear international community: help!
7/2/2009 Shiraz Update
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged car headlights, Children, Fathers, global movement, hope, no future, police brutality, resistance, Rezai, shakhsis, Shiraz, street, togetherness on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From Shiraz Today: Abandoning a Sinking Ship I don’t know where to begin. Things are pretty bleak here, although on the outside it looks ‘normal’. I had to take a cab today and asked the driver how things were going for him these days. He responded that the situation was terrible. Innocently, I asked him why [...]
6/27/09 Shiraz Update: The Rage Runs Deep
Posted in First Hand Accounts from Shiraz, Uncategorized, tagged Alive, brutality, Children, Iran, police brutality, rage, resistance, rooftop, Shiraz, street, tazohorat, togetherness, violence, women on June 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My mother-in-law called tonight to check if we were ok. We are all fine for now. The kids are kids and play nonstop with their friends. We talk about what they have seen and heard and what is going on in the country: they seem to be doing alright through the ordeal. My husband seems [...]
6/24/09 Iran Update from Shiraz
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Alive, family, hope, Mothers, police brutality, rage, resistance, S, Shiraz, togetherness, violence on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
6/24/2009 The Aftermath of it all Stories have been reaching me of what has happened to some of the young men arrested and detained in the violent aftermath of the election results. A friend told me that a son of a friend of theirs was grazed by a bullet during demonstrations during the day at Mullah [...]
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